The UK law that prohibits you listening in is also perhaps the least enforced law in the history of laws. Apparently, no one has ever been tried. It's stupid and should go away immediately as it is unenforceable. And, as in this case, one could argue, a detriment to the safety of aviation as it won't allow students to practice vital skills.
Honestly, what mental patient came up with the idea that listening to a radio in an aircraft is OK, but not on a radio removed 1ft from an aircraft? What difference does it make?
Last edited by AdamFrisch; 18th December 2012 at 17:09.